Regrets, we have a few, but not too few to mention. For instance, there are plenty of things without which (we feel) Thanksgiving just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving—chiefly the time-honored traditions of a good nap, a good argument, and indigestion, in that order. There are also political regrets: as of right now, at least 81 percent of Republicans (and 10 percent of Democrats) would regret seeing a second Obama term. A majority of Democrats consider both the Iraq war and Prohibition “mistakes,” while of those two adventures Republicans see the folly of neither. And speaking of no regrets, one-third of the population doesn’t feel strongly either way about the issue of wearing fur. When our time is up, more than half of us anticipate death-bed rue over not having seen more of the world (no other regret came close, so we hope you’re reading this in an agreeable spot somewhere on the other side of the planet). And, regrettably, 42 percent of us are convinced we could not cut off our own arm to survive; however, 44 percent could if we had to—with, one assumes, regret. Finally, it should perhaps be a matter of universal regret that more Americans know what ihop stands for than know CBS, G.P.S., H.M.O., or Wasp; in fact, less than half the nation knows what Wasp stands for. W.T.F.?!

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__On your deathbed, which one of the following will you most likely look back
and think you should have done__?
__TOTAL__
Seen more of the world
52%
Pushed for health-care reform
15
Been a better parent
14
Taken advantage of